The Metropolitan Museum of Art - Marble head of a woman wearing diadem and veil

Art Object

Historic Images of the Greek Bronze Age: The Reproductions of E. Gilliéron and Son

Seán Hemingway, curator, Department of Greek and Roman Art, discusses early twentieth-century reproductions of works from Sir Arthur Evans's historic excavations of Minoan Crete and Heinrich Schliemann's Mycenaean Greece.

This lecture was recorded on September 9, 2011, in conjunction with the exhibition Historic Images of the Greek Bronze Age: The Reproductions of E. Gilliéron & Son, on view May 17, 2011, through June 17, 2012.

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Marble head of a woman wearing diadem and veil

Period:: Classical
Date:: 425-400 B.C.
Culture:: Greek
Medium:: Marble
Dimensions:: H.: 6 7/8 x 5 x 5 3/4 in. (17.5 x 12.7 x 14.6 cm)
Classification:: Stone Sculpture
Credit Line:: Ex coll.: George L. Hern Jr., Gift of Mr. and Mrs. William Henry Told Jr., on the occasion of the reinstallation of the Greek and Roman galleries, 2007
Accession Number:: 2007.328

This artwork is not on display

Provenance

Until ca. 1954, with Matthias Komor, New York; ca. 1954, purchased by George L. Hern, Jr. from Matthias Komor; ca. 1954-1999, collection of George L. Hern, Jr., New York; 1999, given to Mr. and Mrs. William Henry Told, Jr. by George L. Hern, Jr.; 1999-2007, collection of Mr. and Mrs. William Henry Told, Jr., New York; acquired in 2007, gift of Mr. and Mrs. William Henry Told, Jr.
References

Milleker, Elizabeth J. 2008. "Recent Acquisitions, A Selection: 2007-2008." The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin 66(2): p. 7.
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What
Sculpture (24,350)

Stone (7,986)

Marble (2,128)
Where
Europe (148,586)

Greece (6,287)
When
1000 B.C.-A.D. 1 (23,148)
In the Museum
Greek and Roman Art (17,329)
Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History
The Art of Classical Greece (ca. 480–323 B.C.)

Greek Gods and Religious Practices

Ancient Greece, 1000 B.C.–1 A.D.